I liked this. Thank you.

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On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:09 PM, ACHEMA <achema88@...> wrote:

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Dhamma,

Today let us discuss about "humble". A lot of religions teach us to become
"humble". But do you really know what the humble really is?

Almost every people will agree that to "practice humble" is good, a lot of
people will have no doubt about it just like the one who are practice Moral
Conduct. Our society will also praise high to those people who practicing
humble and moral.

Even you may hear sometime people will make a comment that you better be
humble and not put yourself high up there. Almost all people don't have
doubt about this kind of comment and 100% fully agreed with it.

But today......we are going to see down deep into this "humble"...

If you investigate this mind behavior or this Fake Self, Ego and etc. You
will notice that those who are practice this "humble" are also a kind of Ego
Trip. But it is less obvious compare to those who like to put themselves
high up. The very root of the problem is "I" need to become humble in order
to looks.... nice to others or to "my" own benefit of to gain something
later on. Even practice humble is very close relationship to this Ego.

Someone who is always putting themselves high up there and the one who are
practice humble is the same coin with two faces. The one who are practice
humble will think that there are better than those who put themselves high
up there. With this comparison, your Ego received the energy and it wills
growth stronger. This is the ignorant part of someone who is practicing
Humble.....the basic problem is the same because of this "I", "Me", "My" and
etc. But yet they still thinking that they are following the Great One
teaching.

Another point is the one who need to practice Humble is the one who lack of
humble in their nature. If you already have it, you don't need it anymore.
If you still want to practice it, in other word you want to gain it via your
practice. Indirectly you are hunger for it because of you didn't have it
with you.

People are misunderstanding that this humble can be develop via practice
humble is the same as practice moral. But in actual fact....you are only
manage it .....and make it associate with your "identity" or your "name"
which is originally you have no such quality at all. It is similar like a
fake flower with some spray of perfume on it.

The flower will blossom and release its fragrant naturally. It needs nothing
to practice in order to release its fragrant. It comes naturally. The
problem for people is they lack of understanding this nature and they try to
create it instead of let it happen naturally. This is how people ignorantly
go against the law of nature, and develops all kind of trouble in their
life.

Remember of your Buddha nature seed is already inside you since you are
born. You are not recognizes it and you are seeking from external instead of
looking into your inner self. You are work hard or practice hard to gain
something and you already forget your Buddha nature which needs nothing to
gain at all.

You come to this world with your empty hand, nothing to gain and nothing to
lose, just to experience the Truth.

May all beings be well and happy,

Best regards and blessing to all,

Achema


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